Where: Scania, Sweden (56.2° N, 14.5° E: paleocoordinates 46.4° N, 14.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Late/Upper Santonian to Late/Upper Santonian (85.8 - 70.6 Ma)

• Plant bearing sediments are dated as Late Santonian or Early Campanian based on paleontological and paleomagnetic evidence. See p. 8 of Friis et al. (1988) for references.

Environment/lithology: lacustrineunlithified

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: adpression, charcoalification, original carbon, original sporopollenin

Collection methods: bulk, sieve

Primary reference: E. M. Friis, P. R. Crane, and K. R. Pedersen. 1988. Reproductive structures of Cretaceous Platanaceae. Biologiske Skrifter Det Kongelige Danske Videnskskabernes Selskab 31:1-55 [H. Wang/H. Wang/H. Wang]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28411: authorized by Hongshan Wang, entered by Hongshan Wang on 12.02.2003

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